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Storm On The Island Flashcards

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What is the big idea?

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Describes the extreme force of nature, however connatations to STORMONTheisland

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What is the significance of the sea being described as ‘exploding comfortably’

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Its an oxymoron it suggests its happened before and will happen again

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What is the significance of ‘the flung spray hits like a tame cat’?

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it is a simile for the sea being uncontrollable and unpredictable like our pets

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What is the significance of ‘we are bombarded by the empty air’?

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Attacked by a threat that can’t be seen. Reinforces unpredictably of attacks and powerlessness to defend against elements

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What is the context?

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His farther was a farmer so lots of his poetry is about the countryside, also a metaphor for Irelands political state

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What poems does it compare to?

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COMH - Powerlessness in cultural sense

London - Powerlessness of one Vs something bigger

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